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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1933
Page
2
The bituminous coal sector shows marked change as operators split on government supervision while United Mine Workers push nationwide unionization. President John L. Lewis cites 150,000 new members, signaling progress in a long labor battle and a broader industrial recovery.
An analysis notes one million people are on the federal payroll with many civilians in the Post Office Department. Average civilian pay is 1900 yearly, military 892, with DC and New York City each home to about 66,000 of these workers. The piece argues future relief programs will require more hires and higher costs for taxpayers.
Missouri motorists face higher gasoline taxes after a federal public works bill boosted rates by three quarters of a cent per gallon. The state would pay about 117 million dollars over 15 years, while only 12 million would be returned for road projects. Critics argue rural farms miss out on broader farm to market road benefits and job creation.
A civic viewpoint denounces a local carnival citing consumer costs and rising gasoline taxes. It argues that half of every gasoline dollar goes to taxes and that the public works funding will further burden motorists. The speaker urges keeping out the carnival as costly and harmful to relief efforts.
A Christian Science Monitor reflection lauds St. Louis summer open air Municipal Opera as a taxpayers funded yet free from cost project. It notes orderly audiences and no rowdyism despite large crowds and free seating, praising municipal theater as a civic model and suggesting its wider adoption.
A column discusses why husbands often fail to notice changes in their wives appearance and stresses that marriage success rests on renal qualities and virtue. It argues that sex appeal is only part of a woman's endowment and emphasizes kindness, honesty, and fair play as foundations for a solid relationship.
Atlantic Monthly paints a bleak portrait of postwar Vienna, once a hub of monarchy and culture. It estimates 2 million idle residents amid a ruined economy, with Hungary now a kingdom without a king and Austria a socialistic republic. The piece notes Vienna’s near total production collapse, its skilled artisans awaiting materials, and a populace surviving on scarce food while trade remains deserted.
Idaho’s Bill Borah, longtime U S senator and outspoken critic of many norms, leaves his home state’s support, aligning with a new, controversial position as Ohio State Journal notes his history of challenging presidential hopefuls and constitutional amendments.
Washington reports a split over the first code of fair competition for the cotton textile industry with a proposed $10 minimum wage and a 40 hour workweek. Johnson defends the code as a “beautiful job,” while labor representatives urge higher wages, shorter hours, and an anti child labor clause. They warn the standards may or may not lift employment and purchasing power under the recovery act.
Dennis O Neil, 10, drowned when a raft capsized in the Meramec River near Kirkwood yesterday. About a dozen people were overturned. others were rescued. The incident occurred as a group from St Louis tried to navigate the swift water and recover from the accident.
Five bandits tried to rob the Lacrosse State Bank in Lacrosse Indiana. Cashier William E Tennel was killed when the safe, locked with a time lock, could not be opened. Two robbers entered, warned Miss Lillian Youngeren, and Tennel moved forward before a shot ended his life. Bandits fled north in an automobile as officers searched Laporte County for suspects.
In Koenigsberg Germany an army band accompanied a church service as chaplain Mueller read the Lord's Prayer in modern German, signaling Hitler's effort to align the church with Nazism. The move follows the Voelkirche Bericht and appoints a church commissioner for Prussia and other Hitlerite appointees to church councils.
Paris report says Mrs Aimée Semple McPherson Hitton, famed evangelist, ordered to rest for three weeks after surgery for an intestinal obstruction. Dr Charles Bove cites seriousness of condition requiring absolute quiet. she improves slowly and is on a squid diet.
Washington June 24 AP The Republican drive to regain federal control begins with Representative Snell New York a top GOP leader charging Democrats ran a spending spree used dubious bookkeeping and doubled expenditures He predicts Republicans could win 59 to 70 seats in November 1934 and seize control He cites budgets ordinary expenses and emergency projects tax increases repeal of the gold clause and a growing bureaucratic state including government operation of transportation
Janet Hill breaks her engagement with Rol Carlyle after learning of his attentions to Betty Kendall, a wealthy society girl. Janet navigates work at Every Home Magazine, forms a friendship with Jeff, and helps Betty and Van Bannister on a late night drive where Betty and Jeff confront mystery and suspicion. Betty pressures Mrs Curtis to remove Janet after spying rumors of Janet with questionable company at a remote roadside scene.
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